Most research finds a negative relationship between fertility and economic growth, is this due to modeling choices?

This paper finds positive long-run effects in a long-term lagged panel model!

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What are the effects of South Korea's healthcare reform? Kanghyock Koh, Seonghoon Kim, and 류원준 found changes to the coinsurance rate increased adolescents' inpatient care utilization and reduced out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures!
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Is there a gender gap in how rejection from an economic publication is perceived?
Olga Shurchkov and Gauri Kartini Shastry find female assistant professors receiving rejection letters perceive a lower likelihood of future publication!
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How useful are personality tests to employees?

This laboratory experiment finds when test-takers are given a job ad indicating that an extrovert is desired, extroversion measures are positively correlated with IQ!

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How can one explain the lack of a negative relationship between money demand and interest rates post-1990s? These authors account for the central bank's usage of market intelligence to calibrate their model and match money demand! tinyurl.com/3xc677d8 Wiley Economics

How common is p-hacking in top economic journals? These authors find under-reporting of statistically significant tests, a form of reversed p-hacking, in 11 top economics journals between 2009 and 2021! tinyurl.com/yc5mxu6t Wiley Economics #EconTwitter

Anita Walsh and Hector H. Sandoval find consumers whose party affiliation matched that of the winning U.S. presidential candidate reported higher consumer sentiment, which in turn affected positively their spending intentions! tinyurl.com/yc4uvf37 Wiley Economics #econtwitter

How does social learning alter climate risk perception? Yilan Xu and Sebastien Box-Couillard find that Hurricanes Harvey and Irma generated 250,000 insurance policies in flooded counties and 81,000 policies in unflooded counties via social learning! tinyurl.com/yprrpxf3 Wiley Economics

Paper with Gauri Kartini Shastry Wellesley College Economics Department is now published online WEAI Economic Inquiry 🎉Thanks to Danila Serra for impeccable editing. We persisted, revised, and didn’t reject 👍🏼💪🏼 #EconTwitter

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Interested in game theory? These authors investigate a contest where there are two active players in equilibrium when three players expend effort simultaneously to win a prize! tinyurl.com/23s8st6k Wiley Economics #EconTwitter #gametheory

Thanks WEAI Economic Inquiry for this pretty impressive plaque and award. Referring for journals is in most case volunteer work but it is vital to the academic process. Really appreciate the recognition and kind gesture.

What are the labor market implications of whistle-blowers? These authors develop a three-stage model to examine how productivity losses due to distortions at the hiring stage influence optimal whistle-blower rewards! tinyurl.com/46aj3zwh Wiley Economics #EconTwitter

What are the welfare implications of the UK setting its own macroprudential policies post-Brexit? This author finds UK welfare gains using a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model! tinyurl.com/36uyh8vs Wiley Economics #econtwitter #Brexit

How do privacy regulations impact firms? These authors find the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) had the unintended consequence of harming the profitability of companies targeting European consumers through the cost channel! tinyurl.com/yn7w696x Wiley Economics

Economic Inquiry's April issue has published online! This issue covers a wide range of topics from growth and development, to studying individual's school choice. You can read more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14657295/c… #EconTwitter

'The long-run agglomeration effects of early agriculture in Europe' by Andrew Dickens and Nippe has won WEAI Economic Inquiry's Best Article Award for 2023! 🏆

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Does honesty relate to religious fasting, and does this relationship change when additional effort is introduced? Dina Rabie finds that neither effort nor fasting alone affects honesty, but exerting effort while fasting reduces honesty! tinyurl.com/mr4953hv Wiley Economics

After serving as an Associate Editor, we thank Joel Rodrigue with Vanderbilt University for stepping up as a new Co-Editor of WEAI Economic Inquiry!

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We appreciate all who support our journal as referees. For 2023 the Editorial Boarded has decided on 3 Outstanding Review Service awards. Congratulations and thanks to Michael Kofoed, Michael Kofoed, Erik Kimbrough, Erik Kimbrough, and Shuonan Zhang.

How do capital controls and banking concentration affect economic development? This paper finds higher levels of concentration increase the reliance on international capital markets! tinyurl.com/26tjpvha Wiley Economics #EconTwitter